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so i agree with president obama. i think trying to restrain israel from attacking in preventing israel from attacking us the right policy. we had to support israel, but not start a war. that could drag the united states into a third land war in the middle east. i think the president has shown a lot of wisdom here. >> host: on the screen, mr. burns, we see a photo from "the new york times," an american adviser in afghanistan. aside from being gunned down, trainers got the ability of afghans to propel an attack. training allies in afghanistan with their card firmly up. what do you see as the future in afghanistan as a former ambassador to nato, what do you make of what some are calling the diminishing role in afghanistan? >> guest: i was the american ambassador when we made the decision after 9/11. you know, i think we have to bind us were down. it's the longest in american history. we've been there for 11 years. we've had over 100,000 troops for the last couple years until the recent drawdown of troops or president ob
so i agree with president obama. i think trying to restrain israel from attacking in preventing israel from attacking us the right policy. we had to support israel, but not start a war. that could drag the united states into a third land war in the middle east. i think the president has shown a lot of wisdom here. >> host: on the screen, mr. burns, we see a photo from "the new york times," an american adviser in afghanistan. aside from being gunned down, trainers got the ability...
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i want to thank you president obama and secretary panetta for obama and secretary panetta for their leadership throughout this process. the real test though will be in execution. fortunately the young men and women who will be charged to carry out the lion's share of the strategy know something about leadership too. it's the very cornerstone of our profession, the profession of arms. and for the past 10 years they have done nothing but lead under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. and it's for that reason, above all others, that i am absolutely convinced and fully satisfied that the strategy will meet our nation's needs for the future. thank you. >> thank you mr. chairman, mr. secretary. press, we will have a chance for a few questions here with the secretary and the chairman and i'll feel those. field those. following that, the process here has been led by the deputy secretary of defense, the vice-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the under-secretary of defense for policy, all of whom are here. they will then, and be able to answer quite a number of questions in depth. so wh
i want to thank you president obama and secretary panetta for obama and secretary panetta for their leadership throughout this process. the real test though will be in execution. fortunately the young men and women who will be charged to carry out the lion's share of the strategy know something about leadership too. it's the very cornerstone of our profession, the profession of arms. and for the past 10 years they have done nothing but lead under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. and...
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that senate democrat was president obama. i don't often agree with president obama on matters of policy and the issue he was referring to here was different than this one, but the principle he expressed in defendin defends position then is one i believe in wholeheartedly. so let me sum it up this way. for the sake of this institution and the future of the country, i implore members on both sides to oppose this naked power grab strenuously and loudly. it may be the most important thing you ever do. because the debates. moment are passing -- because the debates of the moment are passing. but the senate must endure. and nothing less is at stake. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the republican leader said it's absolutely true. i follow the golden rule. and it's very clear what's happened during this congress. we can go over all the numbers, and i think they really project what's happened, about the hundreds and hundreds of times that we have been forced to file cloture on rel
that senate democrat was president obama. i don't often agree with president obama on matters of policy and the issue he was referring to here was different than this one, but the principle he expressed in defendin defends position then is one i believe in wholeheartedly. so let me sum it up this way. for the sake of this institution and the future of the country, i implore members on both sides to oppose this naked power grab strenuously and loudly. it may be the most important thing you ever...
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i support president obama. i want him to stay on as commander-in-chief and i support secretary clinton how she's helped us around the world. >> thank you river battle. >> persona to thank your brothers for service. it's really amazing. i love to have an opportunity to speak about it i'm so please convey thoughts to me. when you talk about this issue, however, we can't have a nuanced approach and that's the key. professor warren has said we should have a nuanced approach at a something iran doesn't understand. he's obviously trying harder line and that's a good game because radar biggest challenge over the former friend, israel is iran and making sure they don't get a nuclear weapon. i'm proud even today and tomorrow work on another resolution to draw the line in the sand. we are to get the sanctions bills. i was a cosponsor of that. and after to destabilize currency and a central bank. we need to do more, we need to do with our allies and we need to do a very current very quick read. >> quick response. >> with
i support president obama. i want him to stay on as commander-in-chief and i support secretary clinton how she's helped us around the world. >> thank you river battle. >> persona to thank your brothers for service. it's really amazing. i love to have an opportunity to speak about it i'm so please convey thoughts to me. when you talk about this issue, however, we can't have a nuanced approach and that's the key. professor warren has said we should have a nuanced approach at a...
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president obama has authorized six times more joined strikes than george w. bush did in his two terms in office. the numbers reflect 25% from that point in 2012. i think this is a very good thing. maybe because we have a tactic doesn't mean we should employ all the time. the army chief of staff, general gianni. you know, i think that is a good point. if you look at the victims of these strikes and how many civilians that we think -- the civilian casualty rate is in the low digits. pakistan, you know, we enjoy a good political rating down from about 20% and the drones are part of that story. that is a pretty high cost. i think because of the work that people that cameron munter have done, saying that we need to be more discriminatory. we don't need all of these lights. it does not really serve our interests. the cost is really alienating the pakistani population. one final point. sometimes this is done in pakistani's interest and that is something that we need to communicate better. this is a guy who had the blood of thousands of pakistanis on his hands. the f
president obama has authorized six times more joined strikes than george w. bush did in his two terms in office. the numbers reflect 25% from that point in 2012. i think this is a very good thing. maybe because we have a tactic doesn't mean we should employ all the time. the army chief of staff, general gianni. you know, i think that is a good point. if you look at the victims of these strikes and how many civilians that we think -- the civilian casualty rate is in the low digits. pakistan, you...
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president obama also helped the american administration in. something interesting, burning the american flag, you could see that in syria. or the chinese flags. have the iranians, russians, now being burned regular the. government and the people are aware we need support of renaissance who paid to support egypt for the future syria or libya. i predict there will be less criticism of government administration in the arab media. >> i can add something quickly. there's a great disappointment and syria did it is states is not taking a leadership role. even with libya the present meeting from behind i may disagree on that. but the u.s. has to be involved. he passed to lead. but looking at global research, it was about americans in the middle east and in comparison through 2009 the approval of kadesh and all policy dropped from 34 down at 15 and confidence 33 down a 24. in 2012. in egypt they are reluctant. we may disagree but i hope something is done with syria. >> dealing with muslim opinion of the u.s., how is the american conservative bashing of
president obama also helped the american administration in. something interesting, burning the american flag, you could see that in syria. or the chinese flags. have the iranians, russians, now being burned regular the. government and the people are aware we need support of renaissance who paid to support egypt for the future syria or libya. i predict there will be less criticism of government administration in the arab media. >> i can add something quickly. there's a great disappointment...
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and michelle obama, the first lady, the next morning, before president obama commented on any of this, which che did in interviews with tv reporters that had been out there. it can be an effective tool as a way of using us because we're reading all their tweets. >> carol, were you going to add something to that? >> i was going to saw to the photograph comment. yeah. >> there was one example i was traveling with the president to the gulf coast, when -- during the oil spill, it was first trip down there. he took sasha and the first lady went, and the -- was here. i thought his head was going spin off. mills photographer. his the take away money shot from the trip was when the president got into the pool. we were sitting in a basement with no internet access and waiting to be called out to see when the president was going take the swim in the gulf. we received word that the white house photographer took the photo of the president swim anything the gulf of gulf. the photographers were livedded and there was a big fight about that at the tile. obviously, you get into the -- then it's obvio
and michelle obama, the first lady, the next morning, before president obama commented on any of this, which che did in interviews with tv reporters that had been out there. it can be an effective tool as a way of using us because we're reading all their tweets. >> carol, were you going to add something to that? >> i was going to saw to the photograph comment. yeah. >> there was one example i was traveling with the president to the gulf coast, when -- during the oil spill, it...
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lots of people in the obama inner circle gave me interviews. they knew exactly what they're getting into. i mean, they never misrepresent what i was doing. and also, i sat checked the book was an assistant before publication to publish an excerpt in the times on saturday. mma kids to have to be the interesting things happen. the first thing is that people started discussing the book without having read the book. that's never really happened to me before because of the newspaper everyone reads your work. and the other thing is that the white house did start pushing back and simulate interesting ways. they haven't really challenged the report in the book, like i haven't gotten a phone call from david axelrod saying you got it all wrong. but some name that really surprised they happened yesterday, which is michelle obama went on tv and she said -- i'm paraphrasing, she said i'm really tired of depictions of myself as an angry black woman. and she also protested portrayals of her fighting directly with rahm emanuel. so that was kind of fascinating
lots of people in the obama inner circle gave me interviews. they knew exactly what they're getting into. i mean, they never misrepresent what i was doing. and also, i sat checked the book was an assistant before publication to publish an excerpt in the times on saturday. mma kids to have to be the interesting things happen. the first thing is that people started discussing the book without having read the book. that's never really happened to me before because of the newspaper everyone reads...
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look at barack obama as a character. it's a complete fish out of water. here's a guy with executive experience. his entire life is that the law professors like to come at the committee table and the illinois statehouse in the u.s. senate are in various meetings but is never the guy in the front of her deciding, making the hard calls. he is little if if any management experience and suddenly he's in the most important managerial job in the world. president of the united states leader of the free world. my question was, how does he do a? how does he decide? how does he make incisions? how does the governor? >> the senate is about to return from recess for a series of those. a bill to continue funding the government for six months. a bill sponsored by montana senator, jon tester to ease regulations and was on some outdoor sports, fishing and hunting. and a bill by kentucky senator, randy paul to cut off u.s. aid to pakistan, libya and egypt. this is live coverage of the senate on c-span 2. senate will come to order. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding of
look at barack obama as a character. it's a complete fish out of water. here's a guy with executive experience. his entire life is that the law professors like to come at the committee table and the illinois statehouse in the u.s. senate are in various meetings but is never the guy in the front of her deciding, making the hard calls. he is little if if any management experience and suddenly he's in the most important managerial job in the world. president of the united states leader of the free...
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obama doesn't like it. hillary clinton doesn't like it. she argued to the last breath that you should not stab hosni mubarak in the back. when we finally got back to it, it was a done deal. it was not going to make any difference in egypt. as far as libya, at first it seemed like we got lucky and qadhafi went down easily, you know, in the last couple of weeks, think seemed to have turned around. god only knows what's going to happen in syria. it's much more complex than iraq. we always say we are going to do this and that, the shiites, the police, the sunnis, the stuff, i can say that i spent a lot of time in that part of the world. it doesn't even make sense when you're there, let alone we are sitting back here and thinking bigger than sit there with your wrist for making it all work out. i was going to mention the humble foreign policy. you know, i'm still waiting for my country to rise up and live up the promise of that treaty. >> i think that is what i am talking about. the idea that it would even be desirable for us flip the switch an
obama doesn't like it. hillary clinton doesn't like it. she argued to the last breath that you should not stab hosni mubarak in the back. when we finally got back to it, it was a done deal. it was not going to make any difference in egypt. as far as libya, at first it seemed like we got lucky and qadhafi went down easily, you know, in the last couple of weeks, think seemed to have turned around. god only knows what's going to happen in syria. it's much more complex than iraq. we always say we...
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president romney or president obama. the problem with our country in washington is that it doesn't match the greatness of the people. these guys don't communicate with each other. they don't get the job done and i'm going to go down there and get it done. menendez: first of all, i've reached out to the other side. new jersey is the highest rate of autism in the nation. i reached out to the republican senator from wyoming to my past the act into law, critical for those families. iran is the national security threat to the united states and state of israel. i joined with the republican senator from illinois would pass the most crippling sanctions by one country against another and god in 100 to zero vote in the united states senate, something you don't see too often. working with republican senator from nebraska is the chair of the housing subcommittee, we passed into law housing for the disabled in this country. those are three of many examples were ever could republican senators on the other side to make a difference for
president romney or president obama. the problem with our country in washington is that it doesn't match the greatness of the people. these guys don't communicate with each other. they don't get the job done and i'm going to go down there and get it done. menendez: first of all, i've reached out to the other side. new jersey is the highest rate of autism in the nation. i reached out to the republican senator from wyoming to my past the act into law, critical for those families. iran is the...
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i don't see the obama's commitment is conditional. i think it is conditional in the sense that it is being adapted to the nature of the threat. that is why there was a revision to begin with. to move towards a fee-based structure that was better dealing with the threat from iran. i think that the threats of both sides of the house are moving forward on missile defense. what remains to be determined is the exact nature of that system, and that will depend upon the nature of the threat. >> i assume you would agree with his analysis that there is still some concern in the eastern european capital about the commitment of our missile defense efforts. >> i think there is still some broad discomfort in central europe about the degree to which they don't enjoy the same pride in place than they did in the alliance 10 years ago. during the first decade after the fall of the berlin wall, they were the apple site. side. they had a door open policy in washington. they don't enjoy quite as much access in private places as they used to. i do not thi
i don't see the obama's commitment is conditional. i think it is conditional in the sense that it is being adapted to the nature of the threat. that is why there was a revision to begin with. to move towards a fee-based structure that was better dealing with the threat from iran. i think that the threats of both sides of the house are moving forward on missile defense. what remains to be determined is the exact nature of that system, and that will depend upon the nature of the threat. >>...
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that has been a big part of the border initiative that president obama and prime minister harper have been working on and all the rest of us have been working on to make the border of more efficient and more effective. as ambassador doer said whether it is in libya, syria, iran, the middle east, asia, here in the western hemisphere again there are now two countries that are closer to one another than the united states in canada. there is a survey company every year that does us a survey of favorability ratings by americans of other countries around the world. last year, canada had 96% approval rating by america. and canada always comes in first but this was the highest that the country ever had. i don't know where they found the 4%. last year, canadians spend 44 million nights in florida. [laughter] i guess they like a stu. many thanks to the ambassadors for creating the umbrella for what comes next. the next thing we want to shift to is our military component on the stage, and it's important for us to note that our military folks, starting with the -- men all the way up to the top ra
that has been a big part of the border initiative that president obama and prime minister harper have been working on and all the rest of us have been working on to make the border of more efficient and more effective. as ambassador doer said whether it is in libya, syria, iran, the middle east, asia, here in the western hemisphere again there are now two countries that are closer to one another than the united states in canada. there is a survey company every year that does us a survey of...
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it's a referendum on obama. there was growing frustration in the campaign particularly post-nomination as it seemed to not work as well and romney would fall further behind. it seems, with all due respect and i have tremendous respect and the family intervention story -- that depends on your talking to us oversold. i think stuart stevens is still important. i think his star is somewhat eclipsed and i think other people feel the republican national chairman long-time operative in this town named ed gillespie and i'm told his star is rising and he has taken a more conventional us versus the other guy choice election. >> to the final debate questions. one what will the president do differently and how will romney prepare for a different apartment tonight we have the vice presidential debate so let's talk about the presidential debate first. what would you expect to see obama do differently next time and how would romney be prepared to deal with that? >> i think that the precedence going to show up at the next debat
it's a referendum on obama. there was growing frustration in the campaign particularly post-nomination as it seemed to not work as well and romney would fall further behind. it seems, with all due respect and i have tremendous respect and the family intervention story -- that depends on your talking to us oversold. i think stuart stevens is still important. i think his star is somewhat eclipsed and i think other people feel the republican national chairman long-time operative in this town named...
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heard this from me in the past but the next three the takes this into the more challenging direction of obama's signed undue s.t.a.r.t. treaty april 2010 and next should focus on reductions of three categories. first is for the reduction of nuclear weapons that is always outlooks in the past from deployed system is a missile or a bomber loaded on it. then of course, prepared for operations god help us a better necessary but also look at a category of non deploys strategic nuclear weapons held in storage facilities also the strategic nuclear weapons. sometimes those are called passive and the president has laid out very ambitious goals and it is an appeal to us all to be thinking about how to go about it with the concept and the procedure and the verification and technique might be to be required for this more ambitious phase of negotiations so now i will turn that directly to mike. >> maybe you can describe the impact of the treaty on the u.s. strategic forces? out the military handles? >> thank you again from the introduction but also inviting us to participate in this session it is always goo
heard this from me in the past but the next three the takes this into the more challenging direction of obama's signed undue s.t.a.r.t. treaty april 2010 and next should focus on reductions of three categories. first is for the reduction of nuclear weapons that is always outlooks in the past from deployed system is a missile or a bomber loaded on it. then of course, prepared for operations god help us a better necessary but also look at a category of non deploys strategic nuclear weapons held...
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obama and letting the presumptive nominee mr. mitt romney get away from having another contest with a contestation of poor people's humanities is the order of the day so we put this book out now and apologetically to do our part to remind the nation that we cannot render .. l calculation. it's telling the truth of allows suffering to speak. nobody tells the truth about the suffering of everyday people. it gets rendered invisible. it never gets addressed by the body politic. so how do you do that? you go to 11 states and 18 cities on the poverty tour bus as we did last summer trying to get an understanding, firsthand understanding on what it has done or did to the american public and we realize two things in no particular order, number one, we realize that the condition of poverty in this country is so by year that a slight uptick in our economy is not going to address the crisis. some believe when the job numbers come out on employment was down half a percentage point and start a break dancing in washington to make bad jokes all
obama and letting the presumptive nominee mr. mitt romney get away from having another contest with a contestation of poor people's humanities is the order of the day so we put this book out now and apologetically to do our part to remind the nation that we cannot render .. l calculation. it's telling the truth of allows suffering to speak. nobody tells the truth about the suffering of everyday people. it gets rendered invisible. it never gets addressed by the body politic. so how do you do...
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dick huff is going to talk to you on foia over the decades, from ford to obama. we have the dates next to his name, 1976-2005. well, that's when he was at the department of justice. dick started with foia, way, way back. seven years on active duty with the ormy, and as a consequence of that or follow-up to that, he's now a retired colonel in the army reserve. he came to the department of justice in 1976 while the ford administration was still rolling along, and so the transition into the carter administration the following january, and he was at the justice department all the way to 2005, retiring a year before i did. we were the founding co-director of the office of information privacy. he was there as an acting director of one of the officers prior to that. dick is more intellectual than he looks upon occasion. he's got a ba from stanford. you got into stanford? apparently so. >> it was easier to get in back then. >> yes. >> if i remember correctly, you said that all of this was set out in your bios there so you didn't have to read any of it to any of the peopl
dick huff is going to talk to you on foia over the decades, from ford to obama. we have the dates next to his name, 1976-2005. well, that's when he was at the department of justice. dick started with foia, way, way back. seven years on active duty with the ormy, and as a consequence of that or follow-up to that, he's now a retired colonel in the army reserve. he came to the department of justice in 1976 while the ford administration was still rolling along, and so the transition into the carter...
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tuesday night president obama delivers his state of the union address. live coverage at 8 p.m. eastern including the president's speech. republican response by indiana governor mitch daniels and your phone calls. live on c-span and c-span radio. on c-span2 watch the president's speech along with members of congress and after the address more reaction from the house members and senators. throughout the night go online for life in you and to add your comments using facebook and twitter on c-span.org. in her annual state of the state address on wednesday, south carolina governor nikki haley talked about the economy and job efforts. other topics included a government spending cap, mental health programs and charterr sc. schools.is is 45 this is 45 minutes. [applause] thank you. thank you very much for that wonderful welcome. mr. speaker, mr. president, ladies and gentlemen of the assembly, constitutional officers and my fellow south carolinian is.ians. this ha and every year will continue the tradition thathe ta recognizes the surgeon truthain that nothing said in this chamber toni
tuesday night president obama delivers his state of the union address. live coverage at 8 p.m. eastern including the president's speech. republican response by indiana governor mitch daniels and your phone calls. live on c-span and c-span radio. on c-span2 watch the president's speech along with members of congress and after the address more reaction from the house members and senators. throughout the night go online for life in you and to add your comments using facebook and twitter on...
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. >> guest: i listen to president obama and secretary clinton and secretary panetta. >> host: as far as iran's desire for talks about their program, should that continue while their program continues as snell. >> guest: we're about to begin some talks. they're indicated they wanted to talk again. we have increasingly been frustrated but the indication of talks leads to not talking. we have what is called the e-3 plus 3. effectively managed by our european friends with us being part of it. >> host: what is that? i'm sorry. >> guest: three u. yap eu countries and led by ash continue, the foreign policy head of the eu, and we're a party but, once again, we're not leading these conversations but we're certainly there. and what's important is we've made it clear iran they have two things to do, and things will get better. first is hey have the to set their international obligations. they have to live inside their grandmas like the nonproliferation treaty and make sure the anymore region and around the world that are increase leg worried about the military aspects to their peaceful nuclear
. >> guest: i listen to president obama and secretary clinton and secretary panetta. >> host: as far as iran's desire for talks about their program, should that continue while their program continues as snell. >> guest: we're about to begin some talks. they're indicated they wanted to talk again. we have increasingly been frustrated but the indication of talks leads to not talking. we have what is called the e-3 plus 3. effectively managed by our european friends with us being...
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the obama administration has a back record when it comes to providing at least vocal support to protesters in other countries so what could they poly expect from the u.s. government today? >> nothing. actually, it's -- putin accused the protest movement of being funded by the state department, which is not true. the protests are funded domestically, and, you know, i covered protest movements funded by the state department, and this is not one of them. at this point, it's extremely important for the protest movement's celt to -- credibility to be perceived as domestically funded so, in fact, i don't see that we need the united states government to do or say anything in the foreseeable future. >> i noticed your use of social media in your talking about it. has that changed how communication between groups are going, and is that limited to the cities because that's where most of the wi-fi might be? have you been disappointed or pleased with how news media across the world has reacted to the russian citizens meetings and has that been a true and accurate representation in your view? >> social
the obama administration has a back record when it comes to providing at least vocal support to protesters in other countries so what could they poly expect from the u.s. government today? >> nothing. actually, it's -- putin accused the protest movement of being funded by the state department, which is not true. the protests are funded domestically, and, you know, i covered protest movements funded by the state department, and this is not one of them. at this point, it's extremely...
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yesterday the financial times reported the obama administration is proposing the u.s. and japan and several european nations tap the reserve to address gasoline prices. .. about using our strategic reserve before it's absolutely necessary. do you think it's appropriate to tap the strategic petroleum reserve at this time? >> i think option is still the word. i think the strategic petroleum reserve is a whole system of the international energy emergency sharing list that deals with disruptions in major threats to gdp. and i think that we are heading -- if you listen to these numbers that have been used here today about spare capacity and paul described a high degree of geopolitics but what is different about the geopolitics this time, part of this aimed at reducing an important source of oil supplies on the market but that hasn't happened yet. it's not going to happen until june so i think the spr is a very important asset along with this whole thing but it's really there to deal with the disruption. there are a lot of uncertainties ahead. >> thank you and i also want to
yesterday the financial times reported the obama administration is proposing the u.s. and japan and several european nations tap the reserve to address gasoline prices. .. about using our strategic reserve before it's absolutely necessary. do you think it's appropriate to tap the strategic petroleum reserve at this time? >> i think option is still the word. i think the strategic petroleum reserve is a whole system of the international energy emergency sharing list that deals with...
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wall street braces for an obama win. mitt romney was wall street candidate committed to lower taxes and less regulation would never rip anchor says fatcats as president barack obama famously did. many masters of the universe can see they may not get their man to wall street in the broader landscape of corporate america even strong supporters of romney acknowledged a swing state polling numbers in the direction of economic data and market suggests it is time to brace for a second obama term. i want to ask you about using the word grace in this story. >> yeah, i mean, i think that the president has had an antagonistic relationship with business. i think that is pretty clear. and so, he did over the last several months i think lose the independent vote and certainly the business vote. and so, if the numbers show he's actually winning, i could understand that now they are disappointed because they were counting on some competition. but i don't think you can really tell right now. i mean, it is hard to know how accurate these
wall street braces for an obama win. mitt romney was wall street candidate committed to lower taxes and less regulation would never rip anchor says fatcats as president barack obama famously did. many masters of the universe can see they may not get their man to wall street in the broader landscape of corporate america even strong supporters of romney acknowledged a swing state polling numbers in the direction of economic data and market suggests it is time to brace for a second obama term. i...
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the obama head machine, and it is not just fox news. it is out there because the couple of people that most americans have never heard of, the famous brothers, now famous. and, again, we have seen corporate sponsored attacks against presidents before, particularly franklin delano roosevelt, by the way, the dupont brothers. and there were three of them at the time. they actually banded together, put their money together for something called the liberal elite to deny fdr a second term. and then with bill clinton, of course, funding all of the investigations that led to the on and on. the big articles in the american spectator. but nothing compared to the money and the organization that we have seen. the heads of coke industries, they are the third and fourth richest man in america, people in america. you would know about bill gates and warren buffett. number three in number four. combined wealth of $50 billion. they have put more money in -- by the way, i have to say this. they do some good things, particularly david, the wealthiest man i
the obama head machine, and it is not just fox news. it is out there because the couple of people that most americans have never heard of, the famous brothers, now famous. and, again, we have seen corporate sponsored attacks against presidents before, particularly franklin delano roosevelt, by the way, the dupont brothers. and there were three of them at the time. they actually banded together, put their money together for something called the liberal elite to deny fdr a second term. and then...
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obama won in a landslide. but everywhere in the world, there is some controversy about any politician. so there are some questions about it. but not everyone understands. >> what was his lifelike in jakarta? >> guest: he is perfectly immersed. imagine a six-year-old child being immersed in the culture. sort of a lower middle class action. the exotic smells of jakarta. his father riding a motorbike to his job. his mother was there as well. that was his wife, life, he adapted. he had to adapt. but he did the best he could. >> host: why did he leave jakarta in 1971? >> guest: his mother couldn't afford to send them there. those 3.5 years, he is in indonesia, immersed in the language. the mother is waking up at 4:00 a.m. to teach him with english schoolbooks to supplement his learning. it is very difficult. and the whole process was something that she realized that she loved indonesia, she was still married, she wanted to stay. but it was coming to a point where she had to make a key decision. it turned out that h
obama won in a landslide. but everywhere in the world, there is some controversy about any politician. so there are some questions about it. but not everyone understands. >> what was his lifelike in jakarta? >> guest: he is perfectly immersed. imagine a six-year-old child being immersed in the culture. sort of a lower middle class action. the exotic smells of jakarta. his father riding a motorbike to his job. his mother was there as well. that was his wife, life, he adapted. he had...
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gill by president obama affirmed by the u.s. senate as the direct her of drug control policy in the white house. in this position coordinates all aspects of federal drug programs and implementation of the president's national drug control strategy. he brings 37 years of him for his manager policy experience and most recently served as chief of police for seattle washington where he last ran at its lowest point in 40 years. [applause] >> well, good morning and thank you very much for being here. this is a wonderful opportunity for me to associate again the future report with dr. walkoff and the staff that supports dr. johnson in the work he has done. the assistant secretary of health, dr. koh could not be a stronger partner on these issues in his words about the health of young people and responsibility we have as adults they think are particularly important. i'm looking forward to hearing from you and it's always a great pleasure to be with dr. johnson who has given us the information that helps so much and not only making polic
gill by president obama affirmed by the u.s. senate as the direct her of drug control policy in the white house. in this position coordinates all aspects of federal drug programs and implementation of the president's national drug control strategy. he brings 37 years of him for his manager policy experience and most recently served as chief of police for seattle washington where he last ran at its lowest point in 40 years. [applause] >> well, good morning and thank you very much for being...
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obama's cry to get the detector involved which is designed to help moms, parents, consumers make the right choices for them is to put a calorie label on the front of the free tannin, bottle and packed. so if you're picking out what your family is going to consume in terms of beverages you can look and it's very clear this has 150 calories per serving and this has ten. so just another step to give parents and consumers information so they can make the choice is right for them and if you're trying to moderate keep something with your calories. >> one of the things that has been difficult is getting the parents involved in the schools, and getting them, the schools in general to get them involved in the physical activity programs sometimes they are working many jobs so they can put food on the table. we have been trying to do some things with even educating them about those that do have computers at home if they can go on line and look at things like the national pta. they have a website that just has loads of activities and ideas about activities parents can visit their kids and how to
obama's cry to get the detector involved which is designed to help moms, parents, consumers make the right choices for them is to put a calorie label on the front of the free tannin, bottle and packed. so if you're picking out what your family is going to consume in terms of beverages you can look and it's very clear this has 150 calories per serving and this has ten. so just another step to give parents and consumers information so they can make the choice is right for them and if you're...
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if you look at our national economy, barack hope obama's failed policies, 50% of college grads across america do not have a job. they or their unemployed are not working their degree so we have to -- to 10 years ago heidi proposed students to stay in north dakota, and other big government solution. offering $5000 to stay in the state of north dakota. that is not why we have our kids coming back to north dakota. we have them because we created a stable environment, stable tax environment, stable right as rain breman and we encouraged businesses to grow and to invest in small business. that is really what we what we e done in north dakota that is qasr growth and success in the same thing we need to do is trust the individual to create stability in our federal government. right now we have been stability. heitkamp: commerce and i'm not going to apologize for wanting to help students from north dakota who want to stay in north dakota pay back some other college debt which is the 5000-dollar deal. i am proud of the position we took, trying to help north dakota student so that they are not
if you look at our national economy, barack hope obama's failed policies, 50% of college grads across america do not have a job. they or their unemployed are not working their degree so we have to -- to 10 years ago heidi proposed students to stay in north dakota, and other big government solution. offering $5000 to stay in the state of north dakota. that is not why we have our kids coming back to north dakota. we have them because we created a stable environment, stable tax environment, stable...
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president obama's policy below for the next many years. the amazing work you did with all of us on fuel economy standards and enforcing the clean their act, which i just want to say unfortunately those two are not candidate dress. if they were here, i would address them. colleagues here and others stopped many who try to roll back the clean air act as it pertained to missions coming from utility and other polluters. i was critical because we want to be much more direct. i don't speak for anybody else on how we approach this. i just feel people have to understand that the promise that we made and we have initial studies show the progress we've made only because we fight so hard rolling back of my colleagues on the other side but the environmental writer after environmental writer. and if they don't see from superstore and sandy, the future if we just go along, i am very disturbed for our children and our grandchildren. i just want to thank you, senator whitehouse for your amazing leadership day after day. people don't know every time they s
president obama's policy below for the next many years. the amazing work you did with all of us on fuel economy standards and enforcing the clean their act, which i just want to say unfortunately those two are not candidate dress. if they were here, i would address them. colleagues here and others stopped many who try to roll back the clean air act as it pertained to missions coming from utility and other polluters. i was critical because we want to be much more direct. i don't speak for...
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. >>> i know president obama khanna to office talking about procurement reform. so everybody wins of the defense ministry and military and people leave out the one part that is going to make a difference which is the lawmakers. you know, go ahead and lose hundreds of jobs in your district. that's how that false and that's where they stop to read this because editor >>> finding the latest jobs report commerce secretary john aneesh chopra said the last six months have seen the best rate of private sector job growth since 2006. according to the labor department of the economy created 200,000 jobs in december and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5%. the commerce secretary talked about the latest economic figures in the center for american progress. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> we are excited to have secretary of commerce john bryson here discussing issues of competitiveness. as you all know, competitiveness is about building an economy that's fit for the 21st century a world we are competing and trying to win with new competitors each and every day. it's also
. >>> i know president obama khanna to office talking about procurement reform. so everybody wins of the defense ministry and military and people leave out the one part that is going to make a difference which is the lawmakers. you know, go ahead and lose hundreds of jobs in your district. that's how that false and that's where they stop to read this because editor >>> finding the latest jobs report commerce secretary john aneesh chopra said the last six months have seen the...
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>> miss it pro obama collor and tae obama's? is an analysis. i felt the books being written were falling within the washington d.c. track. everything could be explained by the operatives or the politicians. but people have real movements. i thought it was important to to write a book that took the people's movement seriously. obama did not come out of nowhere. also the tea party movement. occupy wall street. that is important to look at seriously. we the people perspective. i have a lot of criticism of the president and the white house when i think he could have been tougher open the door for occupier wall street and the tea party so it is a response to wall street crimes and misdemeanors. >> what are some solutions you proposed? >> i am autozone. just giving them free money hoping they would act better. [laughter] >> they paid some of it back civic their burned out conditions. a lot of homes are under water because homes were overt evaluated. that there overcharge. a lot of banks are sitting on a lot of money it people cannot access capital a
>> miss it pro obama collor and tae obama's? is an analysis. i felt the books being written were falling within the washington d.c. track. everything could be explained by the operatives or the politicians. but people have real movements. i thought it was important to to write a book that took the people's movement seriously. obama did not come out of nowhere. also the tea party movement. occupy wall street. that is important to look at seriously. we the people perspective. i have a lot...
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romney and president obama and the fact checkers are having eighth field day. i'd like to sort out the facts. we heard from congressman latham about the affordable care act was savings and cuts to providers. why is that a good idea? boswell: it is to give us time to work on it. nobody is denied medicare. when they started them up they were making big profits. we did that with the affordable care act. it extended the life tenure is. if you turnover, 2016 it is gone. we're back to the 40 million was no insurance insurance, pre-existing coverage come a children not covered and nobody wants to go back. that is what 1/2 been if you want to turn over. and we have the bill. it is out there almost two years nicaea -- i do not see the single co-sponsor. how sincere are you? latham: there are many bills out there boswell: yours has been out there in committee with no co-sponsors. it seems there is a weakness of what you be the fed latham: not at all. latham: do you have the bill congressman boswell? boswell: in the affordable care act. does need some tweeting but the aff
romney and president obama and the fact checkers are having eighth field day. i'd like to sort out the facts. we heard from congressman latham about the affordable care act was savings and cuts to providers. why is that a good idea? boswell: it is to give us time to work on it. nobody is denied medicare. when they started them up they were making big profits. we did that with the affordable care act. it extended the life tenure is. if you turnover, 2016 it is gone. we're back to the 40 million...
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whether it is president obama or the republican candidate. they have to leave. this is all happening because of the leadership. it is one of the shining examples as to how important that leadership is in the world today. former secretary of state madeleine albright said we are indispensable. we have to lead this. the second is that you have to start planning now for it. that means the president has to develop a plan of what could we achieve and what we achieve more than that? what is the real goal and start bringing republicans into those discussions. start making this a bipartisan effort. find republican champions. reward them for working on this issue. those are my two recommendations other than the panel may have. anyone else? >> any more recommendations? >> okay. >> yes? >> do you have western? >> do you have a question? >> the proposals we have heard today [inaudible]. as to the procession of president obama in defense matters, perhaps they are [inaudible]. as to russia, -- love the sony even -- bush is the first country -- we agree with all of them. suppor
whether it is president obama or the republican candidate. they have to leave. this is all happening because of the leadership. it is one of the shining examples as to how important that leadership is in the world today. former secretary of state madeleine albright said we are indispensable. we have to lead this. the second is that you have to start planning now for it. that means the president has to develop a plan of what could we achieve and what we achieve more than that? what is the real...
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i was also a signatory to counsel to president obama. i think your assessment of the regime and i think the respect of the national dialogue. there are significant improvements in the south, certainly much better now. so i have concerns about implementation on indigenous basis, particularly with respect to the nexus between security on the one hand and development on the other. it's pretty clear from the tribal leaders i interviewed from 14 of yemen's 21 provinces that economic desperation is the primary driver of al qaeda recruiting in the country. it's also clear to me some of these regions are so desperate that it's very hard for the yemeni government, let alone usaid, let alone security apparatus to get out of some of these places. the concern i have sir, is how do sadly no credible local implementors are in terms of development and security? had we do this diligence in who is doing this diligence going forward? thank you. >> we have a lot of challenge ahead in terms of addressing the multiple needs of the yemeni people in different
i was also a signatory to counsel to president obama. i think your assessment of the regime and i think the respect of the national dialogue. there are significant improvements in the south, certainly much better now. so i have concerns about implementation on indigenous basis, particularly with respect to the nexus between security on the one hand and development on the other. it's pretty clear from the tribal leaders i interviewed from 14 of yemen's 21 provinces that economic desperation is...
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president obama is elected he obama cared becomes the law of the land for sure. it becomes institutionalized. it becomes nothing is impossible, but it becomes close to impossible to reverse four years from now. it will be operating then. people will have moved over. there will have been tremendous changes. a mandate would've been enforced already to 20,000 irs agents will get hired, which is absolutely ludicrous. just we need, 20,000 more irs agents. and there's almost no way to stop that because even if you have a republican house, which i think is almost for sure. nothing in life is for sure, but that's almost for sure. even if you were to have a republican senate, which is unlikely if obama gets elected, but possible. well, he could veto any attempt they would make to overturn obama cared. american people and reelecting president obama are basically reinforcing obama cared and accepting it as their future. if a president romney is elected, even without a republican senate, basically the present those in the house about the same in the senate was then one or tw
president obama is elected he obama cared becomes the law of the land for sure. it becomes institutionalized. it becomes nothing is impossible, but it becomes close to impossible to reverse four years from now. it will be operating then. people will have moved over. there will have been tremendous changes. a mandate would've been enforced already to 20,000 irs agents will get hired, which is absolutely ludicrous. just we need, 20,000 more irs agents. and there's almost no way to stop that...
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barack obama was not the president. george w. bush was the president. the republican policies, economic policies had been put in place in 2001, in 2002 and 2003 and those policies were still in place when we came close to financial collapse. we don't forget. madam president let's go back to what happened with the private sector jobs picture. at the end of the bush administration, we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. now we're gaining 130,000 in the last month. the months before that, immediately preceding we were gaining about 200,000 jobs a month. we have had a gain now that the economy has started to turn around under this president of four million jobs created in the private sector. there it is. the red line is the results of the last time the republicans controlled the policy here. job losses every month. and finally under this president, things have begun to turn around. instead of losing jobs, we're gaining jobs. and the same is true on economic growth. an economic growth record is very clear. in the last quarter of the bush administration the eco
barack obama was not the president. george w. bush was the president. the republican policies, economic policies had been put in place in 2001, in 2002 and 2003 and those policies were still in place when we came close to financial collapse. we don't forget. madam president let's go back to what happened with the private sector jobs picture. at the end of the bush administration, we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. now we're gaining 130,000 in the last month. the months before that,...
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the obama administration, president obama, during the campaign, has been open about his desire to try to engage iran bilaterally, a last ditch effort of diplomacy before resorting to other options. would a bilateral negotiation, were that to come about, give the u.s. an opportunity to engage on human rights issues? i mean, the u.s.' general policy is they want to keep it limited to arms control, but is that proper, or is there an opportunity or a window for the u.s. to engage with iran? >> there's always been a con accept issue -- there is a group of -- one point of view success that the agenda should be kept narrow because otherwise it gives the iranians the opportunity to diverse, talk about afghanistan, bahrain, syria, talk about this, that, and so the agenda has to be narrow as a need of focusing on the issue of the principle concern. that's one. that's con accept issue, as far as i can tell was never resolved. when an issue remains unresolved, the status quo revails. i suspect, given the fact the issue of a bilateral conversation is a last ditch effort, likely to remain focused.
the obama administration, president obama, during the campaign, has been open about his desire to try to engage iran bilaterally, a last ditch effort of diplomacy before resorting to other options. would a bilateral negotiation, were that to come about, give the u.s. an opportunity to engage on human rights issues? i mean, the u.s.' general policy is they want to keep it limited to arms control, but is that proper, or is there an opportunity or a window for the u.s. to engage with iran?...
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this is hardly the relief that president obama promised. during his campaign, the president said the plan would reduce health care premiums by an average of $2,500 per family. instead premiums have grown by nearly that much since he was elected. i see i'm joined here by two of my colleagues, the distinguished senator from wyoming and the distinguished senator from kansas. there are a number of other promises that we can talk about today. i will -- i know we don't impugn motives around here. it's against the rules. but one has to wonder did advocates of this massive law actually believe these promises or were they simply duped and mislead? and i don't know which is worse. but i know that my colleague, dr. barrasso, himself a physician, who is on the front line of this issue, has griffin this a great deal of thought. so at this point i ask him to join into this colloquy. mr. barrasso: madam president, i stand here with my friend and colleague from mississippi because he and i both attended in his home state of mississippi, a meeting at a hosp
this is hardly the relief that president obama promised. during his campaign, the president said the plan would reduce health care premiums by an average of $2,500 per family. instead premiums have grown by nearly that much since he was elected. i see i'm joined here by two of my colleagues, the distinguished senator from wyoming and the distinguished senator from kansas. there are a number of other promises that we can talk about today. i will -- i know we don't impugn motives around here....
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michelle obama. i met michelle obama when she game to headquarter. she was disturbed about the white walls. she actually had a party for the children of staff so they could have pizza and could do color -- we did obama art with 5-year-old and 8-year-olds. she got a whole bunch of kid posters. we had them all over the headquarter until we got our sign age. those posters, the kids' art stayed up for the whole campaign. it got layered and lost with the sign j. but it was kind like just very michelle obama. you hear about her dedication to kids. that was how i met her. the period of the early days of the campaign. it was, you know, i loved talking about this time because it was an elect trait time in the campaign. it was spiritful, innovative, and hepful. and the migration to chicago was like a -- like the testament to the lure reward of entrepreneurship. people leaving everything tbhiend pursue the unimaginable. it became the gathering place for idealist, innovators, risk takers and while it's true that, you know, i guess you could say that the young ha
michelle obama. i met michelle obama when she game to headquarter. she was disturbed about the white walls. she actually had a party for the children of staff so they could have pizza and could do color -- we did obama art with 5-year-old and 8-year-olds. she got a whole bunch of kid posters. we had them all over the headquarter until we got our sign age. those posters, the kids' art stayed up for the whole campaign. it got layered and lost with the sign j. but it was kind like just very...
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that says seem to occupy the obama legacy. those signs are on his mind. >> let me start with the second question. with the policy before 80 election. and while people pay attention and in the issues to promote is a form of power. to the extent the press and the pundits of britain gen the latinos now there are different groups of senators and congressmen i vague is a change. we know the huge obstacles that remain and to stoke back in see a mccain was pushing hard, kennedy took the lead and immigration reform was defeated by 15 votes in the senate. but the discussion about the jury elections with the latino vote excederin excederin we were all the maintain so with the democrats then them republicans were cheering. and it looked like the country was going in the other direction. bay marriage was defeated. i would not take these as written in concrete but the was a great week to be latino. what michael said is right. but it means more for mexico and central america and caribbean than other countries. i not think the election chang
that says seem to occupy the obama legacy. those signs are on his mind. >> let me start with the second question. with the policy before 80 election. and while people pay attention and in the issues to promote is a form of power. to the extent the press and the pundits of britain gen the latinos now there are different groups of senators and congressmen i vague is a change. we know the huge obstacles that remain and to stoke back in see a mccain was pushing hard, kennedy took the lead and...
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president obama joost such a revision as a matter of fairness and as an economic necessity. and while we continue to urge congress to cut immigration reform, be back on nuclear and common sense priorities when it comes to immigration enforcement under the existing wall. we've reduced bureaucratic inefficiencies in the programs streamlining the path for entrepreneurs who wished to bring their business to america. we've improved an automated process for identifying individuals applying for or in possession of a visas who may cause a national security or public safety risk. we are ending practices that break up american families by shortening how long this houses and children of american citizens must wait abroad for a u.s. visa that we know they are going to obtain. for the first time we've actually privatize our enforcement resources so we can concentrate first on those individuals who are in our country illegally and who are also committing other crimes. we'll also focusing on the removal of the replete immigration by the leaders and the crossers before they enter our countr
president obama joost such a revision as a matter of fairness and as an economic necessity. and while we continue to urge congress to cut immigration reform, be back on nuclear and common sense priorities when it comes to immigration enforcement under the existing wall. we've reduced bureaucratic inefficiencies in the programs streamlining the path for entrepreneurs who wished to bring their business to america. we've improved an automated process for identifying individuals applying for or in...
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further virginia delivered virginia for obama. to boost the suburbs, philadelphia wiped out from me. the city of philadelphia, the suburbs also wiped out by me. your can of philadelphia, d.c., los angeles, san francisco. suburbs of atlanta, charlotte and south carolina were very republican. colin analyze pricing the birds doesn't work. you have to look at each individual suburb of the region of this country. finally, number six we have to reach inc. the way we spend money in politics. but this is a $6 billion election-year status quo result, the biggest success when it comes to money and politics in politics than an taken up methods, the macro is that karl rove separated billionaires for billions of dollars to what effect. maybe more effectively to way to pay voters directly. and i would conclude by saying that the supreme court of the united states is the second most important institution in the united states and the economic recovery. they have done more to pump more money into the economy and hard-hit states like nevada, florid
further virginia delivered virginia for obama. to boost the suburbs, philadelphia wiped out from me. the city of philadelphia, the suburbs also wiped out by me. your can of philadelphia, d.c., los angeles, san francisco. suburbs of atlanta, charlotte and south carolina were very republican. colin analyze pricing the birds doesn't work. you have to look at each individual suburb of the region of this country. finally, number six we have to reach inc. the way we spend money in politics. but this...
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thinking they should go women over obama. i would be wary about taking political advice from karl rove. it looked good 2004 but not afterwards. net romney appears to take advice to get the critique going. obama's tries to say of the people complained, what do you plan? >>guest: to have both war? he is planning on the iran -- iraq syndrome but if i am elected president i promise you have a war with iran, that is a different calculation. table pounding, and waving waving, apologizing for america but obama wants to have a precise discussion. where there are not that will work but that is how i see it. >> it is hard for me to see. the lights are bright. [laughter] >> international center for terrorism studies. looking for the diplomatic solution, how do do with the persistent demand with questions of the military dimension of. >> winehouse iaea is trying to get access to a military site that iran may have tested the trigger for the nuclear weapon with enriched uranium. the line has been drawn, a confrontation that is big in the j
thinking they should go women over obama. i would be wary about taking political advice from karl rove. it looked good 2004 but not afterwards. net romney appears to take advice to get the critique going. obama's tries to say of the people complained, what do you plan? >>guest: to have both war? he is planning on the iran -- iraq syndrome but if i am elected president i promise you have a war with iran, that is a different calculation. table pounding, and waving waving, apologizing for...
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. >> what does obama think of mitt romney? what does he really think? i think he feels romney is incompetent [inaudible] i suspect that one of the themes of the coverage of the campaign is that romney never found a way , either the method or the same of how to run against obama, whereas they thought he was going to be easy. >> what is the one thing you would like to know about president obama? >> i did ask him. i didn't put it in the book. he keeps a diary. so'd liketo ve access. [laughter] >> and decide -- i said you keep a diary craxi said yes, not on all this detail. let's see. so i'm sure he will write a really interesting memoir. >> what did he tell you about that? >> that it existed. no detail. he didn't offer any of it or read from it or anything like that. is it dictated? is it written? ronald reagan kept his diary. it was secret. and now they published all of reagan's diary. i mean, who would have thought? certainly obama much more a sense of history and literature and writing from his own books and so forth, which ar
. >> what does obama think of mitt romney? what does he really think? i think he feels romney is incompetent [inaudible] i suspect that one of the themes of the coverage of the campaign is that romney never found a way , either the method or the same of how to run against obama, whereas they thought he was going to be easy. >> what is the one thing you would like to know about president obama? >> i did ask him. i didn't put it in the book. he keeps a diary. so'd liketo ve...
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obama, all the things that helps everybody. the congress don't happen. how come american people, they know so much. i pay money. what's going on? you are making your own people look so bad. i don't know. it's making me cry. this is beautiful country. >> thank you. came to the stench from turkey, calling it a beautiful country. poverty rate. this made headlines. let's take a look at that. >> this one shows the top chart and blue, the number of people in poverty. the bottom edge as the poverty rate for 1959. thick as you can see, the poverty level and the poverty rate are higher than they were in any other previous years, but there is no difference between 2010 and 11. 15 percent. we say that's not statistically different. >> and you can tell, it's higher than it has been. the poverty rate was having like three consecutive years of increases. now this level of. >> historical one interesting trend to look at the 1960's, the so-called war on poverty in the united states. and when you look at this you can't -- it seems as though as a purchase is a population
obama, all the things that helps everybody. the congress don't happen. how come american people, they know so much. i pay money. what's going on? you are making your own people look so bad. i don't know. it's making me cry. this is beautiful country. >> thank you. came to the stench from turkey, calling it a beautiful country. poverty rate. this made headlines. let's take a look at that. >> this one shows the top chart and blue, the number of people in poverty. the bottom edge as...
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you are going to be in the white house to meet with president obama. what can the united states, the rest of the world more broadly do to help you? and is there any specific role to the international monetary fund and coming back into the picture as it did at the outset of the crisis to help support the presumption of stability? >> this is a moment where the german chance lawyer house for two months very constructively asked me what can we do more for you? and maybe this will also be the question by president obama and the fact it did come up in the meetings this morning with the congressional leadership. i think italy is not an estate, where it needs financial support . but it needs better governance and wants to contribute to the better government. this has largely to be achieved within europe. for example, we came to a deep common understanding with germany that anything which would be improved, the perceptions by the market that figure is down as well cover and in terms of readiness to should protect the adequate firewalls will actually imply a ver
you are going to be in the white house to meet with president obama. what can the united states, the rest of the world more broadly do to help you? and is there any specific role to the international monetary fund and coming back into the picture as it did at the outset of the crisis to help support the presumption of stability? >> this is a moment where the german chance lawyer house for two months very constructively asked me what can we do more for you? and maybe this will also be the...
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obama is a gifted politician. the supreme court decision helped him, the economy bounceback from the up tick of the federal spending. and he had good employment numbers. i would not over interpret the results of expect them to win the 2016 election assuming they get a good candidate. >> [inaudible] but it is stood curve republican party can ago that way? >> i would doubt that. the week partied developed as the anti-tax party. it 12 presidential elections for the democrats. they were a national party and torn apart by the slavery issue. i don't think the republican party and the whig party were that different. it was pretty strong party where with the republic can get the votes? ronald reagan did not succeed. he had a successful administration. wrote i have learned parties don't disappear because somebody has a better argument but there is an event in society to stabilize relations. whistle-blower and the great depression. it is interesting we had 12 years of republican presidents but could not crack the new deal s
obama is a gifted politician. the supreme court decision helped him, the economy bounceback from the up tick of the federal spending. and he had good employment numbers. i would not over interpret the results of expect them to win the 2016 election assuming they get a good candidate. >> [inaudible] but it is stood curve republican party can ago that way? >> i would doubt that. the week partied developed as the anti-tax party. it 12 presidential elections for the democrats. they were...
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the obama administration filed a brief that says maybe. it says that at least when itñ%i comes to a suit like this one, involving allegations by foreigners, a foreign sovereign, a conspiracy allegedly involving the nigeria government about events that happened entirely overseas that the statute should not be read to apply, but the administration walking back earlier positions said earlier that government briefs had their position said sometimes the atf can apply to overseas extraterritorial cuke. it's not clear what line exactly the supreme court draws. they defer a lot to the position of the government in cases like this because the cases involve the foreign affairs relationships of the united states so the solicitor general's brief will be important. it seems unlikely that the plaintiffs prevail in this supreme court on this allegation, but it is an important and recurring controversy that a lot of companies face -- not a lot, but a fair number of companies face significant human rights lawsuits, and this is going to be the supreme cour
the obama administration filed a brief that says maybe. it says that at least when itñ%i comes to a suit like this one, involving allegations by foreigners, a foreign sovereign, a conspiracy allegedly involving the nigeria government about events that happened entirely overseas that the statute should not be read to apply, but the administration walking back earlier positions said earlier that government briefs had their position said sometimes the atf can apply to overseas extraterritorial...
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and apparently president obama thinks it's fair that three years of the obama economy have left us with more people on food stamps, more people in poverty, lower home values, higher gas prices, and higher unemployment. there are many ways in which the american people's understanding of fairness differs from the way that president obama has been using the word. to the vast majority of americans, fair means an equal opportunity to succeed. to president obama, fair requires nothing less than a totally equal outcome, regardless of effort. to most americans, fairness allows for the pursuit of their own dreams. it also recognizes that no man and no government can provide a guarantee of success. the waves of immigrants who've come to our shores over generations did so for freedom and for a chance to succeed. they did not come to be taken care of and to have every decision made for them by the government. that's what many of them were leaving behind. when president obama pushes for equal outcomes instead of equal opportunity, he is trying to pit one american against another. he is telling peopl
and apparently president obama thinks it's fair that three years of the obama economy have left us with more people on food stamps, more people in poverty, lower home values, higher gas prices, and higher unemployment. there are many ways in which the american people's understanding of fairness differs from the way that president obama has been using the word. to the vast majority of americans, fair means an equal opportunity to succeed. to president obama, fair requires nothing less than a...
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ayers and obama spot running at low levels, but generally obama's talking about romney and balmy and allies talk about obama. >> host: the "washington post" according to an article monday for three that ran last week and yes all three were in spanish. compare what is happening right now to previous races at this point. are we had a specifically a particularly negative point in this race comparatively quiet >> i spent much of my career saying it's not the most negative race after it certainly so far this has been a very negative presidential race. i'm sure we're going to discuss and i'm sure some callers might want discussed is negativity necessarily a bad thing? it sounds like a very scary word, but both campaigns are focusing ammunition on the other at this point. i would expect that to change a little as we go forward. i would like to see the obama campaign remain pretty focused on mitt romney, that at some point we'll see the mitt romney campaign at introduce a positive track because it needs to introduce up to the american people. >> an article from yesterday's hill newspaper, be
ayers and obama spot running at low levels, but generally obama's talking about romney and balmy and allies talk about obama. >> host: the "washington post" according to an article monday for three that ran last week and yes all three were in spanish. compare what is happening right now to previous races at this point. are we had a specifically a particularly negative point in this race comparatively quiet >> i spent much of my career saying it's not the most negative race...
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yet in the place of a existential economic threat, president obama submitted a budget yesterday which makes no alteration in our debt course. on to the president's budget plan using the white house's own numbers, the debt hits approximately $26 trillion. it's an increase of 75% from 2011. 75% increase in total debt. interest costs, interest costs will rise from $225 billion this year to $850 billion annually, and the spending will increase spending overall will not be cut, but will be increased by more than 60% by your own budget submission. this year's deficit will be the fourth consecutive deficit in excess of $1 trillion. meanwhile, medicare and social security for which the president proposes no reforms will comet on the path of insolvency, and if this was not bad enough, no serious solution to the serious problem, the white house dlitly misrepresented the budget to the american people. the intent seems to be to lull them into complacency and claims his budget achieves $4 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years. i guess we should all relax. .. avoiding short-term cuts in favo
yet in the place of a existential economic threat, president obama submitted a budget yesterday which makes no alteration in our debt course. on to the president's budget plan using the white house's own numbers, the debt hits approximately $26 trillion. it's an increase of 75% from 2011. 75% increase in total debt. interest costs, interest costs will rise from $225 billion this year to $850 billion annually, and the spending will increase spending overall will not be cut, but will be increased...